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TIL: More than two-thirds of the DNA-cleared homicide cases documented by the Innocence Project were caused by false confessions.

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wLROM TIL when SkyLab disintegrated over a West Australian town, NASA received a $400 ticket for littering from the rural town that received the debris. A radio DJ raised the funds to pay the ticket in the 90s.
xVdD0 TIL that in 1968 the original London bridge was purchased by an American entrepreneur who shipped it to Lake Havasu City, Arizona where it now resides as a tourist destination (and functional Bridge)
XEDN8 TIL that after losing all four engines, the pilot of British Airways flight 9 calmly addressed the passengers, telling them "we have a small problem. All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. I trust you are not in too much distress."
7rMKx TIL about Osborne Bulls, iconic bull-shaped billboards found on highways throughout Spain that once served as advertisements for Vetenaro brandy. First erected during the 1950s, The billboards have become something of a national symbol in Spain.
1ZYV TIL North Korea has a “three generations of punishment” system, where individuals found guilty of a crime are sent to the labour camps with their entire family.The subsequent two generations of that family are then born in the camp and live their lives locked up inside